Chapter 139: Already a Husband
The two walked to the council hall in the small courtyard where Chen Dacheng lived, and saw Chen Dacheng already waiting for the two in the council hall. At this time, Jiang Bugui and Chen Hongying hurriedly stepped forward to salute Chen Dacheng and said, "The little nephew (child) visits Uncle Chen (to meet his father)."
When Chen Dacheng saw the two of them saluting him, he said with a smile: "Virtuous nephew doesn't need to be polite, sit down first! Hongying, you also sit down." As he spoke, Chen Dacheng pointed to the few chairs that were still empty in the council hall.
Jiang Bugui and Chen Hongying sat next to them as they said, and after the two of them sat down. Jiang Bugui opened his mouth and asked, "I don't know what happened when Uncle Chen came to his little nephew early in the morning?" After saying that, Jiang Bugui looked up at Chen Dacheng and waited for Chen Dacheng to answer. When Chen Hongying heard Jiang Bugui's question, she lowered her head deeply, and her face became even redder. Jiang Bugui was even more puzzled when he saw this situation. Then I thought about whether what Chen Dacheng said today had anything to do with Chen Hongying, but I didn't know what it was, which must have made Chen Hongying so shy.
Immediately, Chen Dacheng first had a deep taste, glanced at Jiang Bugui and Chen Hongying, and then opened his mouth and slowly recalled to Jiang Bugui, what I want to say has a lot to do with you and Hongying, and Hongying has already known about this matter.
This matter starts when I was still in the Mandarin Duck Army, when I was the best friend of your father Zhu Yu, and not long after your mother conceived you, Hongying's mother was also pregnant with Hongying.
At that time, your father and I were very happy, and when the two of us were drinking together, we agreed that if your mother and Hongying and his mother gave birth to a boy at the same time, they would become brothers. At the same time, when daughters were born, they were made sisters. If a boy and a girl are born, they will be married.
Soon you and Hongying were born one after another, because there was an agreement at that time, so your father and I made a family appointment for you when Hongying was full moon, and agreed to marry you when Hongying was eighteen years old.
However, when you were three years old, news suddenly came that the imperial court was going to disband the Mandarin Duck Army. And we will be sent to various places, and except for your father and me, the other two will be arrested and sent to the capital to ask for guilt. And your father and I will definitely have to be sent separately. When we got the news, your father and I discussed that after being repatriated, we would secretly return here and gather the old troops to continue to resist the Japanese invaders. After that, we secretly contacted some of our subordinates, and prepared to return secretly from the Mandarin Duck Army to continue to fight against the Japanese after being repatriated.
At that time, the reason why we wanted to return here was that in addition to continuing to fight against the Japanese invaders, your father and I were also reluctant to separate our brothers for many years, and at the same time, we also wanted to complete your marriage. Soon after, the emperor really ordered the disbandment of the Mandarin Duck Army, and they were dispersed to various places, and the other two were all raided. After I was sent to Shuzhong, after I arrived in Shuzhong, I avoided the surveillance of the imperial court and secretly returned here with a family, which was originally a grain and grass camp of the Mandarin Duck Army, so it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, which is why we chose to be here.
When I got back here, I saw that some of my former subordinates had already returned here. After that, I set out to establish this Mandarin Duck Villa, and after that, most of the subordinates who were better at that time also returned here one after another, only your father...... Alas, the next thing I told you about was last time.
Although I have not found any news of your family after killing the bandits who attacked you. But I have not given up on finding your whereabouts, and until Hongying is eighteen years old, I have not received any news from your family, and I have been inquiring for more than ten years. That's why I concluded at the time that your family was already unlucky. And Hongying is eighteen years old, but there is still no news from you...... So I'm ...... Alas, I ...... This...... How to say that?
Speaking of this, Chen Dacheng was a little embarrassed to continue.
Hearing this, Jiang Bugui thought in his heart that Chen Dacheng should have decided that his family had all been killed, so he let Chen Hongying marry. Now that I've found it myself, I feel a little sorry for my father, and I feel a little guilty about myself.
Although it was not known that Zhu Yu's son was still alive at the time, it was not certain that he was dead. And so Chen Hongying is a person who has a marriage contract, but she is married to someone else. In this kind of society at that time, it was already considered a deviance. And the marriage contract between Chen Hongying and Jiang Bugui must be known to many people in the Mandarin Duck Army. Now that Jiang Bugui appears, he will definitely know about this matter. Therefore, Chen Dacheng specially explained to Jiang Bugui in order to ask Jiang Bugui's forgiveness.
And Jiang Bugui also thought about why Chen Hongying blushed. And for Jiang Bugui, who came from later generations, such a thing was nothing, so Jiang Bugui didn't care. Immediately, Jiang Bugui glanced at Chen Hongying again, smiled slightly and said, "Uncle Chen doesn't have to care, Uncle Chen didn't know that his little nephew was still alive at that time. Of course, Miss Chen's life can't be ruined like this, so it is understandable for Miss Chen to marry someone else. Besides, the agreement at that time was that Miss Chen and her little nephew would marry at the age of eighteen, but when Miss Chen was eighteen years old, the little nephew did not come. It can be regarded as a unilateral breach of the contract by the little nephew, so Uncle Chen doesn't have to take the matter of Miss Chen's marriage to heart. You and my father have been brothers in life and death for many years, and my father would definitely not blame Uncle Chen if he knew about this. No matter what, you are still my family. After speaking, Jiang Bugui smiled at the two of them again, just glanced at Chen Hongying, and there was some regret and decline in his eyes.
Hearing Jiang Bugui say this, Chen Dacheng immediately burst out laughing. And Chen Hongying's beautiful eyes turned at this time, and she glared at Jiang Bugui with some anger, but there was obviously something more in her eyes.
Chen Dacheng laughed for a while before he spoke: "Zhi'er, you really have your father's temperament and know how to consider others. Okay! Very good! I will entrust you with Hongying's life. Do you think that I thought that you would no longer be alive, so I married Hongying to someone else. And in this case, you can still consider it for us and attribute the blame to yourself, it can be seen that your character is definitely good, you can be regarded as a big husband, and I can be regarded as finding a good home for Hongying. Haha......" Chen Dacheng laughed again as he spoke.
At this time, Chen Hongying blushed again and bowed her head and was silent.
However, Jiang Bugui was also a little more confused, so he looked at the two of them suspiciously.
At this time, Zhang Kui, who had been standing behind Chen Dacheng and did not speak, first glanced at Chen Dacheng, who was laughing, with reverence, before turning to Jiang Bugui and saying: "Young Master Zhu misunderstood, the eldest lady did not marry someone else, but married you! Back then, the owner of the village really thought that your family was already more auspicious, but there was still a glimmer of hope. As soon as the eighteen-year-old came, in order to fulfill his promise, the owner of the village asked people to create a set of armor under the command of the Mandarin Duck Army, and used it as a stand-in for you to complete the wedding with the eldest lady, so you are the husband of the eldest lady, and the marriage has already been completed. You just don't know. Didn't you hear that we all call the eldest lady 'Mrs. Zhu'?" After speaking, Zhang Kui smiled at Jiang Bugui.
After listening to Zhang Kui's explanation, Jiang Bugui felt confused when he was established. How could he be a husband without knowing it? Although the wife he married was a big beauty. But Jiang Bugui, who came from later generations, couldn't understand it at all, he was looking for a dress as a stand-in for the wedding, so Jiang Bugui was directly stunned, he didn't know what to say, he just looked at Chen Hongying and the others stupidly, and sat in a daze.